Realm of Power

"Is this news true that the 50,000 elite cavalrymen of the Northern Royal Court are marching south to Yanzhou?" Yelu Hongtai's eyes widened with anger, and his eyes fell on his daughter Yelu Qiyeguang. Over the past ten days, his face became more and more slender as he gradually approached the goal of founding the country. painted gray and white,

"It's absolutely true. I even took a look myself. It's undoubtedly the cavalry of the Northern Royal Court. The empire promised to help us delay it for two days. After two days, we will have to let the Northern Royal Court go south, unless the empire really wants to attack the Northern Royal Court. It is almost impossible to start a war!" Yelu Qiye Guang Qiao's face was slightly pale, and there was a hint of trembling in her whisper. The close-fitting mail armor was already stained with dust, as if she had rolled in the mud. In the past, she had carefully tied up her arrogant and loose braids. Now I just tie it up casually into a ponytail and run wildly for two days and nights.

The most beloved blood jade horse had already knelt down thirty miles away from the camp. With the last bit of strength, Yelu Qiyeguang had no choice but to reluctantly use a personal meat cleaver to cut the blood vessels of the tearful horse, letting it go. Bleeding to death, rather than waiting to be eaten by other beasts after he left, and then ignoring the fall of the horse Covered with pain, he walked towards Shangjing with disheveled hair, and was finally discovered by the grassland scouts placed outside Shangjing. The unrivaled glory of the Yelu family depends on these two days. The life and death of the Yelu family depends on these two days. These two days and two nights were no less important to the Yelu family than when Yelu Hongtai led the tribe southward!

"Two days? So, Wang Tingjun is already heading towards Yanzhou?"

After listening to Yelu Qiyeguang's description, Yelu Hongtai put his hands behind his back and his eyes became sharp again. After walking back and forth for a few steps in the military tent, he looked at Yelu Qiyeguang and said in a solemn voice, "Shangjing can be defeated in just a day. If we can do it again, Give me a few days, it will be inevitable to break through Shangjing, instead of just getting the advantage like this The overwhelming situation suddenly turned into a dilemma of being attacked from both sides because of the grassland royal court moving south. Now there are only two options before my Yelu family. One is to immediately order the entire army to withdraw and give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture Yanzhou. The other is to Allocate troops to fight against Wang Ting's move south and buy time for the final capture of Shangjing."

"Father, give me 20,000 people. I am confident that I can hold back the troops from the royal court going south. I dare not say there are too many. I still have five or six days!"

Seeing his father's hesitation, Yelu Qiyeguang wiped off the dust on his armor with his hands, raised his pretty face and said decisively, although the Royal Court cavalry is elite, cavalry field battles are not array battles. As long as he does not let the Royal Court cavalry form an encirclement, the opponent will Even with a cavalry force twice that of his own, it would be impossible to annihilate a cavalry group in the vast Yanzhou.

"Twenty thousand people?" Yelu Hongtai raised his eyebrows, and looked outside the tent with a flash of coldness in his eyes. He seemed to have thought of something and sighed deeply. "At this time, don't say twenty thousand people, just two thousand people. I I can’t give it to you either."

"Why?" Yelu Qiyeguang's face was stunned,

"Because once there is a move to divide the troops, it will arouse the suspicion of other tribes." Yelu Hongtai paused and said in annoyance, "Originally everyone thought that going to Beijing was just around the corner, but the Long family's Western Army resisted extremely tenaciously. For more than ten days, After defeating them, although they filled up the ravine outside Shangjing, they also used the Thunder God to blast open a Wall section, but in the most brutal siege battle, the heavy armored heavy infantry of the Long family surprised our prairie army. I don’t know where the Long family got the heavy armor. Each one looked like It is almost impossible for a sword to cut into an airtight iron can. Only a powerful and heavy weapon can achieve a certain effect."

"But in the extremely crowded gap position, the heavy weapons such as the wolf teeth that our grassland army is good at cannot be wielded at all. In order to make up for the lack of siege, the infantry specially recruited from the Central and Biya areas are even more unbearable. They are all in some places The troops, really confronting the Long Family's experienced elites, were immediately defeated as soon as they came into contact, and the people who collapsed were like sheep. Running around, if I hadn't killed more than a dozen captains in one go, these Central-Bian army troops would have even attacked our main formation. An army of more than 100,000 people was under heavy pressure to attack Beijing. If they followed the northern royal court southward, , the news spread that the central part of the country was attacked by the Long family's Western Army. Not to mention continuing to capture Shangjing, I am afraid that the army will immediately fall apart.

"What, the Western Army of the Long Family attacked the central part!" Yelu Qiyeguang's expression changed. She had been detained in the Falcon Empire and had no idea about the Western Army of the Long Family launching a counterattack in the central part. When she heard that the Western Army of the Long Family The Western Army actually counterattacked the central part, and we knew where Yelu Hongtai was depressed.

"Yes, just a few days ago, the Long family's 20,000 elites suddenly invaded the central part of the country and captured three cities in a row."

Yelu Hongtai nodded with an ugly face, looked at the dense army tents outside the tent, and said in a solemn voice, "If I hadn't sent someone to cut off the news from the central part in advance, people would be in panic now. You also know that the grassland People’s traditions value their territory far more than their allegiance.” "There is never a shortage of strong generals and heroes on the grassland. Whoever is strong will rely on him. This is the iron law on the grassland. No one is qualified to judge anyone. In the absence of absolute interests, loyalty is a joke. You can only defend your own territory. Expand the tribe’s pasture, population, and livestock to make yourself The strength of the tribes is the fundamental essence of a grassland tribe. Once the tribes know that it is my Yelu family who has been deliberately suppressing the news that the Biyong family has conquered the central part, it is already very good not to fall out immediately, let alone , expecting them to assist the Yelu family in conquering Yanzhou."

"Why is this happening? It took a lot of effort to get the empire to agree not to intervene in the war in Yanzhou. If you miss this opportunity, it won't be so easy next time!" Yelu Qiyeguang was also at a loss for a while. He couldn't figure out how to capture the Yelu family. Yanzhou was well prepared and everything was supposed to be a sure thing, but why did it suddenly turn into a mistake? There is the Long Family in the front and the Royal Court in the back. The Yelu Family has a hundred thousand elites, but they are trapped between the two. In just two days, even if the Changshengtian comes in person, he is afraid that he will not be able to solve this problem. In two days, , passed by so quickly, no matter how you look at it, it seems that the Yelu family has only one way to go, that is to evacuate Yanzhou and give up Shangjing, which they have already half-footed in. How can they be willing to do so!

"This time, we can only go here!" Yelu Hongtai seemed to have aged ten years suddenly. The vigor gathered in his body suddenly dissipated without a trace. He walked to the tent door and said to the sentry outside, "Send the order." The clan leaders are here to take charge of the accounts! "This is a precursor to issuing an evacuation order!

"Father, are you really going to give up this time?"

Yelu Qiyeguang's delicate body trembled slightly, his eyes were complicated and sad. He went south as if he was fleeing, but now he has gathered a huge army to attack Yan. The time, place and people are favorable, and all the armies are moving forward to advance together. How can such an excellent opportunity be given to everyone? It happens every time. If you miss it, you don’t know when the next time will be.

Now that I have half a foot in Shangjing, can I really take it back like this?

"Stupid, haven't you seen it yet? Yanzhou is a trap that puts our Yelu family in a dilemma. The empire can easily reap the benefits without doing anything. Everyone is nothing. Without the acquiescence of the empire, how can the Long family dare to stay empty? To attack the central part from the southwest, do you believe that Wang Ting did not give the empire generous tolls when he went south?”

Under Yelu Hongtai's thick eyebrows, a fierce light flashed, and his armored fist hit the wooden pillars in the tent hard, causing a shaking dust to fall. This time, he made money for others in vain. Scream, I didn’t get any benefits, but it made the empire make a lot of money.

"empire?'

Yelu Qiyeguang's expression was stunned, her red and attractive lips slightly parted. She still didn't know what role the empire played in it. The empire's support for the Thunder God bomb in Zhongbia was not the same thing that was burned in the Blue Valley. Already? What's left is just a pile of scrap metal. The Zhongbia court is still arguing with the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs over this matter. The Empire says it was burned by the Zhongbialong family, which is an internal matter for the Zhongbia people. The Empire They are not responsible, and the Zhongbia Court said that the Long family does not represent the Zhongbia Court, and the accident occurred within the empire, and the empire is required to compensate according to the original amount.

Until the empire lets him go, there is no conclusion on this matter! Why did the Battle of Yanzhou involve the Empire again?

"The empire let go of Yanzhou unconditionally. I originally thought that my Yelu family has grown rapidly in the past year, which made the empire have scruples. The empire did not want to offend the Yelu family and had to express its stance to let go of Yanzhou. Now it seems that this is not the case at all. So what's going on?" Yelu Hongtai glanced at his confused daughter, with a serious look on his face and a wry smile on his lips.

"But based on the information I just received, I learned that before the Long Family invaded central China, the person in charge of the Long Family's stay, Long Po, had a secret meeting with the Falcon Empire, and now, the Emperor of the Falcon Empire Then we went directly to Guangling in Southwest China. This matter is already known to everyone. Anyone who asks anyone from Southwest China will know that "

"What! The Emperor of the Empire is in the southwest!" Yelu Qiyeguang's pretty face suddenly turned pale, and she clenched her fists fiercely. This news was simply fatal. No wonder his father, such a determined man, also looked so helpless. The expression on his face is really the impact of this news, which has destroyed every bit of luck the Yelu family had.

The news that the emperor has arrived in the southwest basically proves that the empire has publicly stated its full support for the Long family in the Yanzhou war. For this reason, for the Yelu army who are currently fighting fiercely in Yanzhou, it is not inferior to hearing the empire's support for the Long family. The huge effect of Yanzhou in the north sending 100,000 troops was a reversal of the entire war situation.

No wonder the army was so calm today and the offensive that had been attacking for more than ten days has stopped. That's because the tribal leaders in the camp are already retreating.

They followed the Yelu family to attack Yan because the empire stated that it would not participate in the battle for Yanzhou. Now the emperors of the empire directly sided with the Long family. Even if the Yelu family captured Yanzhou and their vitality was severely damaged, how could they still resist the empire's garrison? The impact of one hundred thousand cavalry from the north of Yanzhou? The empire has already expressed its stance, so why bother attacking Yanzhou!

"You see, the empire will never let us get Yanzhou!"

There was sadness in Yelu Hongtai's eyes. It was true that the Yelu family had a firm foothold in the central part, but it was equivalent to being trapped in the central part. As long as Yanzhou could not be conquered, the Yelu family would always have to worry about the flanking attacks from the north and the south. The geographical disadvantages. One day, the Yelu family will be tired of dealing with it. Originally, this attack on Yan cut off the news, and they could win a certain turn. Wan, but the other party was even more ruthless. They went directly to Guangling, the headquarters of the Long family, and expressed their support for the Long family to the entire Central Bia. They allowed the Western Army of the Long family to attack the central part and allowed the Northern Royal Court's powerful forces to go south. This was considered to have completely destroyed all of their own territory. With a little calculation, even the fragments were gone after being crushed. Could he be able to cut off the news, and still be able to stop the rapidly approaching horse hooves from the Northern Royal Court? If you don’t leave Yanzhou, you will die in Yanzhou! This is the life and death question that the other party set for himself in Yanzhou!

Central China, North of Xiongli City

In the disbelief eyes of countless Central and Bian people, they saw several strong horses galloping in the distance. The Northland horses, all captured from the prairie people, rushed up to the raised mound outside the majestic city like flying. At the front, a soldier held a battle flag, and in front of the war horse's snood were hung several bloody human heads, their hair The knots are scrawled, and it looks like they are not from China.

The battle flag in the soldier's hand had a big dragon character on it. It was blown by the howling plain wind, and the flag rolled up like a picture. It was even more brilliant when reflected in the sunlight coming from the other side of the mountain. Countless people were originally there. The Central Asians watching on the city wall were silent for a moment. Suddenly they burst into earth-shattering cheers!

"We won! We won."

"Prairie people are no big deal!"

There were cheers on the city wall. These Central Asians hiding in the city were already frightened when they heard the news that the 30,000 grassland troops were coming towards Xiongli. The mere 20,000 Long family infantrymen wanted to liberate The central part is simply a dream, it really kills people. Everyone knows the cruelty of the grassland people. In the siege battle, when encountering resistance, it is The whole city was slaughtered, and even the thunder god bombarded the city. It was invincible. Any resistance was seeking death. At first, everyone took the initiative to open the city gate to save their lives. Now it's better. These Long family troops have killed so many grasslands in the city. Man, the other party is afraid that they will kill the whole city before they stop. How can they stop the 30,000 strong grassland troops?

I thought that the 20,000 Long family infantry would be wiped out by the grassland people. Unexpectedly, it was the Long family army who returned. The people on the city wall were already in a commotion. The people standing behind were tiptoeing desperately to see what was in front of them. What a situation, half fear and half joy,

Hearing the cheers from the direction of Xiongli City, the buzz echoed throughout the land. Long Po, who was returning with the main force of the Long family, stopped his horse and looked at the Xiongli City ahead. The Xiongli City had captured so far. The largest city in central China has a population of more than 200,000. If we can make good use of it, we can recruit at least 20,000 to 30,000 people from the young people in the city. By then, our situation will be completely different!

(To be continued.)